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John J. Kranzler
John J. Kranzler, 88, of Spearfish died Monday, Feb. 23, 2004 in Tucson, Ariz.
John was born August 8, 1915 Akaska, S.D. to John and Rosiena (Ladner) Kranzler. He grew up and attended school in Akaska. At the age of eighteen, he took over running the family farm. On April 16, 1947 John married
Lydia Miller at Lowry, S.D. They made their home in Mobridge, S.D. from 1951 until 1963 when they moved to Gettysburg. In 1979 they moved to Spearfish. John was a farmer, carpenter and motel operator.
John was on the Board of Directors for the South Dakota Motel Association, the Gettysburg Chamber of Commerce, and the Highway 212 Association. He was a member of the United Church of Christ in Spearfish.
John is survived by his wife, Lydia Kranzler, Spearfish, a son and daughter-in-law, Glen G. and Helen Kranzler, Tucson, Ariz., two sisters; Ann Eiseman, Lodi, Calif. and Martha Pawelski of Spearfish., one grandchild, Chris Kranzler.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a grandson, Gregory, one brother and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, March 1, 2004 at the United Church of Christ in Spearfish with Rev. Dave Biebighauser officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill cemetery in Spearfish. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004 at the Carlsen & Aldinger Funeral Home in Spearfish.
Heckenlaible, Delvin
WHITEWOOD - Delvin Heckenlaible, 68, Whitewood, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2004 at his residence in Whitewood.
Visitation will be 8 am to 5 p.m. on Monday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Roger Day officiating. Burial with military honors by the Sturgis Veteran's Honor Guard follows at the Black Hills National cemetery near Sturgis.
A memorial has been established to the Whitewood Volunteer Fire Department.
Delvin was born Feb. 20, 1936 in Hyde County, S.D., to Arthur and Ida (Gramm) Heckenlaible. After completing his education in Highmore he joined the Navy in 1955. After serving his country he was honorably discharged in 1959 and he returned to Highmore, S.D., where he worked for the Mobil Oil Company in bulk delivery. He also worked for Western States Wholesalers in Pierre.
On August 13, 1971 he married
Arleta Duncan at Huron.
The couple lived in Mobridge prior to moving to Whitewood in 1973. Delvin worked for Terrace Park Dairy and as an over the road truck driver. In 1985 he started work at Ellsworth Air Force Base as a civil service employee. He retired in February of 2003.
Survivors include his wife Arleta Heckenlaible, Whitewood; three sons, Chris Heckenlaible and his wife Melissa, Whitewood, Chad Heckenlaible and his wife Tiara, Spearfish, Cory Heckenlaible and his wife Katie, Whitewood; three brothers Milbert Heckenlaible, Mitchell, Darold Heckenlaible, Madison, Marvin Gramm, Avon, S.D.; his mother in law, Wylla Duncan, Highmore; also 6 grandchildren brother in law Harley Duncan and family of Arlington, Va.; also numerous nieces, nephews, loving family members and good friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one granddaughter and his first wife, Yvonne.
Paul L. Garr
Funeral services for Paul L. Garr, age 75 of Belle Fourche, will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 18, at the First Congregational Church UCC in Belle Fourche. Burial will follow at Pine Slope cemetery.
Visitation will be from 1-7 p.m., Friday Sept. 17, at the Funeral Home of the Northern Hills with family present from 5-7 p.m. Memorials may be given to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Tulsa, Okla., the Isabel Rodeo Association Pavilion, and the First Congregational Church UCC, Belle Fourche.
Paul L. Garr was born Nov. 29, 1928 in Isabel to Harvey and Olive Garr. He attended and graduated from Isabel High School in 1946. Paul married
Ruth Bader on Feb. 19, 1949, in Mobridge. They made their home on the family ranch south of Isabel where they farmed and raised livestock. To this union, five children were born Paulette, Al, Dianne, Jack and Jill.
In addition to farming and ranching, Paul served the Isabel community in many ways. He was the chairman of the Dewey County Commissioners, served on the Norwest Bank Advisory Board, was president of the Isabel Rodeo Association, and director of the Dewey County ASCS Committee. Paul also sold cars for a time for Ole Hulm. His wife Ruth passed away on March 15, 1972.
Paul married
Dixie Anderson on Dec. 16, 1988. They sold their ranch at Isabel and retired to the Hard Times Ranch west of Belle Fourche in 1992. He enjoyed participating in activities sponsored by the Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce and was an active supporter of the South Dakota Republican Party. Paul also enjoyed entertaining family and friends at his home, especially the many "fight" parties.
Paul fought a long, heroic battle with cancer and went to be with the Lord on Monday, Sept. 13, 2004, at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Okla.
Keeping him in their fondest memories include his wife Dixie of Belle Fourche; three daughters and sons-in-law, Paulette and Perry Washenberger of Spearfish, Dianne and Wes Huft, Spearfish, and Jill and Steve Pace, Parkville Mo.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Al and Valerie Garr, Belle Fourche, and Jack and Carol Garr, Grandview, Texas; grandkids, Brian and LaCosta Garr, Grandview, Texas, Tigh and wife Darcie Garr, Belle Fourche, LeAnn (Huft) and husband Steve Chavez, Sioux Falls, Ryan and Laura Huft, Spearfish, and Hunter and Grant Pace, Parkville Mo.; great-grandson Preston Garr, Belle Fourche; stepchildren Todd and Lori Hansen and family, Mobridge, Scott and Anita Hansen and family, Englewood Colo., Tony and Mary Anderson and family, Traverse, Mich., Debbie and Jim Pless and family, Scottsdale Ariz., and Gordon "Pete Anderson, Timber Lake; sisters, Blanche Bader, Spearfish, and Connie and Norman Boe, Silt, Colo.; and his aunt, Laura Weverstad, Pierre.
Paul was preceded in death by his wife Ruth, his parents, and grandchild Harvey Albert Garr Jr.
Margot Giesler
Service of Remembrance for Margot Giesler, 72, of Faith, S.D., will be Wednesday, July 13, 2005 at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Faith. Reverend's Gordon Higgins and Muriel Oates will officiate and burial will follow at the Black Hills National cemetery near Sturgis on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. Visitations will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Faith Area Memorial Chapel in Faith and one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday morning.
Margot was born June 8, 1926 to Johann and Emma Przybylak of Leipzig, Germany. Margot had two older sisters Edith and Charlotte. She received her education in Leipzig, where she was required to take English for five years, starting in the fifth grade. She took it because she had to, not because she liked it.
Margot's teenage life changed when at 13 her mom passed away and then her father died when she was 17. She went to live with her sister Charlotte and her husband Walter, who became Margot's guardian.
Her excellent ability to speak and write English became very helpful, as World War II started. In 1945 Margot got a job as a secretary and English translator with the American Hospital in Berlin, Germany of the 279th hospital unit there. Darrell was assigned to be in charge of the dispensary and out patient clinic, which was where Margot was also working.
Darrell and Margot dated for three years and became engaged on Easter Sunday 1948. They were married
on July 20 1948 at the U.S. Army chapel in Berlin, Germany. Their most memorable wedding gift that Margot recalled was a huge American wedding cake that Darrell purchased. After their marriage they returned to the U.S. by airplane, where Darrell was discharged from the Army in Massachusetts. At this time they received train tickets to Chicago and eventually Mobridge, S.D. At Chicago, Darrell sent a telegram to his brother John, to meet them in Mobridge. When Darrell and Margot arrived in the Mobridge depot, their telegram was still there and no one was there to pick them up. Their travel from Mobridge to Faith resulted in getting a ride with a linen truck headed to Faith. Darrell recalls that en route to Faith in passing through Timber Lake, Margot exclaimed, "Where is the Timber or the Lake?"
Upon arriving in Faith the newlyweds spent four years living with Darrell's folks Carl and Ella until 1952, at which time they built their own home two miles south of the Giesler home place. In October 1951 Margot, after completing a home study course, received her certificate for U.S. citizenship.
Margot with her husband Darrell raised two sons, Rodney and Stephen. She worked at Farmers State Bank in Faith during the 1960's and was the secretary for the local conservation office for more than 10 years. Margot was a member of the Methodist Church in Faith, and sang with the church choir for several years. Margot passed from this life on July 8, 2005 at her home she shared with Darrell north of Faith.
Margot is survived by her husband Darrell of Faith, her sons Rodney and wife Mary and their two children Ryan and Kelsey, all of Faith and Stephen and wife Marlene and their three children Megan, Trent, and Makayla of Green Bay, Wis.
She was preceded in death by her parents Johann and Emma Przybylak, a sister Edith Przybylak, a sister Charlotte Becker and brother in law Walter Becker.
John F. Luce
John F. Luce, Jr., age 48, of Gettysburg, died Friday, September 9, 2005 as the result of an airplane accident near Faulkton.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005 at the Legion Annex, Gettysburg with the Rev. Bert Van Essen officiating. Burial will be in the Gettysburg cemetery under the direction of Luce Funeral Home. Visitations will be today from noon until 5 p.m., at the funeral home. A prayer services will be held at 7 p.m. at the Legion Annex.
John Francis Luce, Jr was born on Feb. 15, 1957 at Aberdeen to John F and Vivian (Klapperich) Luce. He grew up in Aberdeen until 1967 when the family moved to Groton. He graduated from Groton High School in 1975. He then attended Northern State College in Aberdeen for 2 years and graduated from Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Ore., in 1978 with a degree in mortuary science. In June of 1978 moved to Faulkton to manage the Langslet Funeral Home. In 1982 he purchased the Langslet Funeral Homes in Faulkton and Gettysburg and moved to Gettysburg in August of 1982. In 1985, he opened the Luce Funeral Home in Eagle Butte. In 1986, along with Ken Ripley, he purchased the Larson Funeral Home in Mobridge. In 1986 he and his wife purchased the Sears Catalogue Store in Gettysburg, which his wife managed. In 1997, again along with Ken Ripley, he purchased Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. In March of 2000 John purchased the Reck Funeral Home in Miller. He later acquired Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel, Groton and Mohs Funeral Home, in Webster. Lastly, in February of 2005, Luze Funeral Home was purchased.
John married
Jeannine Diestel on June 4, 1977 at St John's Catholic Church in Groton. They were divorced in 1991. He married
Carmen Combellick in 2001 and they were divorced in 2003.
John is a member of the S.D. Funeral Directors Association, having served as its president. He is a member of the Gettysburg Country Club, Wheatland Lions, and 4th Degree Knights of Columbus. He has served as Faulk County Coroner from 1978 until 1982 and as Potter County Coroner from 1982 until his death.
He is survived by his mother, Vivian Luce, of Gettysburg; six children: Matthew Luce, of Kansas City, Kan.; Trina (Mart) Zomers, of Moorhead, Minn; John Luce III, of Aberdeen; Tiera Combellick, of Gettysburg; Teryn 'Gator' Combellick, of Gettysburg; and Avery Dutt, of Gettysburg. He has 12 grandchildren, one brother, Steve (Terri) Luce, of Powder Springs, Ga.; three sisters: Vickie (Bruce) Sippel, of Groton; Kathy (Bryan) Evjan, of Watertown; and Sherrie (Dean) Van Zee, of St Lawrence; people who shared in his life include Lynette Dutt and Marlys Hinckley.
Preceding him in death was his father, Francis and one niece, Lisa Sippel.
In lieu of flowers memorial are preferred. The memorials will be directed to the Shrine Hospital.
Curtis Satzinger
Curtis H. Satzinger, 82, of Belle Fourche, died Sunday, April 23, 2006, at the Belle Fourche Regional Senior Care Center.
Curtis was born Dec. 16, 1923, to Paul C. and Myrtice (Stevens) Satzinger in Ipswich. He was raised in Ipswich and attended public schools there, graduating from high school in 1941. He attended North Dakota School of Science at Wahpeton, N.D., graduating with a degree in journalism. He was drafted into the U.S. Army on July 16, 1943, and qualified to serve in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He was assigned to the 350th squadron of the 100th Bomb Group as a ball turret gunner on a B-17G. "Satz, " as he was nicknamed by his crewmembers, participated in 15 missions before the war ended. He was honorably discharged Feb. 7, 1946.
Following the war, he returned to South Dakota to begin his life-long career in the journalism field. In 1947 he accepted a position with the Valley Irrigator Newspaper in Newell. It was in Newell that he met and married
his wife of 51 years, Catherine P. Anderson, on June 22, 1949. They lived in Newell, Hartford, Philip, Sturgis, Spearfish and eventually they settled in Belle Fourche in 1961 where they raised seven children. He retired from the Belle Fourche Daily Post and Weekly Bee in April of 1991, and took a part-time job with the city of Belle Fourche at the landfill.
Curt was a talented fix-it man. He was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Belle Fourche. He enjoyed attending reunions of the 100th Bomb Group.
He will be dearly missed by his sons, Stephen Satzinger, of Phoenix, Ariz., James Satzinger and Kenneth Satzinger and his wife Katie, all of Belle Fourche; daughters, Patricia Andersen, of Sioux Falls, Rita Edwards and her husband James, of Madison, Christine Tiensvold and her husband Russ, of New Underwood, and Shirley Allender and her husband Steve, of Rapid City; six grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; sister, Shirley Haggar, of Idaho Falls, Idaho; and numerous friends, family and loved ones.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Catherine; infant grandson, Isaac Satzinger; son-in-law, Michael Andersen; and daughter-in-law, Della Satzinger.
Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at Kline Funeral Chapel in Belle Fourche and for one hour before services at the church.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at the First Baptist Church in Belle Fourche with Pastor Bill Armagost officiating. Burial will take place at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 27, 2006, at Black Hills National cemetery with the Belle Fourche Honor Guard performing military honors.
The family suggests memorials be made to the 100th Bomb Group Foundation, c/o Grant Fuller Executive VP, 10634 N Evers Park Drive, Houston, TX 77024 or to the First Baptist Church in Belle Fourche.
Clarence deLannoy
Clarence W. deLannoy, 78, of Oak Creek Village, Ariz., died April 21, 2006, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Clarence was born Feb. 1, 1928, in San Francisco, Calif., to Clarence and Ann (Ward) deLannoy. He married
Ann T. McIntyre on Aug. 1, 1958, in Davis, Calif.
Clarence is survived by two sons, Peter C. deLannoy, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Sean D. deLannoy, of Denver, Colo., and daughter, Michelle Y. Secord, of Edgewater, Colo.
He was preceded in death by his wife Ann.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., April 27, 2006, at Calvary Temple Assembly of God Church in Spearfish with the Rev. Dan Kent officiating. Burial will be at Black Hills National cemetery.
The Aldinger Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Spearfish has been entrusted with the arrangements.
Lucille Kent (Stoughton) Whitlock
Lucille Kent (Stoughton) Whitlock, 92, of Spearfish joined the angels on June 6, 2006.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 10, 2006, at the United Methodist Church in Spearfish. Family inurnment will take place at Rose Hill cemetery in Spearfish.
A memorial has been established to benefit the David M. Dorsett Regional Senior Care Center in Spearfish.
Lucille was born April 2, 1914 in Arpan, Butte County, S.D., to Louella May (Kent) and Frank A. Stoughton. She was the first child to be born on their homestead in Arpan. Frank Stoughton had applied for a patent for this homestead on August 5, 1907. Frank was from Iowa and drawn to South Dakota by the promise of creating a garden in the plains with the irrigation project. In 1913 Louella joined him in Arpan where they were married
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Lucille was educated in the Stoughton School, a one-room schoolhouse built on land donated by her father. She then attended Nisland High School when it first opened, then went to Belle Fourche High School where she graduated in 1931. Lucille attended Black Hills Normal School for one year but in 1933 was hired by the WPA. She later worked in the Belle Fourche courthouse in the register of deeds office as a notary public until her marriage.
In 1939 she married
James Russell Whitlock, and they moved to Sundance, Wyo. After the birth of their first son, David, they moved to Spearfish in 1942. In 1944, a second son Jim was born, and in 1945. Chuck joined the family. Lucille loved being a mother and a housewife for many years.
In the late 1950's, she went to work as the secretary for the Methodist Church in Spearfish. Lucille worked there for 32 years even learning to use a computer when she was in her late 70's. Lucille was a member of the "Modern Mother's Club" in Spearfish for over 60 years and had served as courtesy chairman for many years. Lucille and Russ delighted in their seven grandchildren who all lived very close to their home in Spearfish. Both Lucille and Russ participated in their grandchildren's lives in many ways and were greatly loved and appreciated for all they did for them. In recent years, Lucille was thrilled at the arrival of two great-grandsons and five great-granddaughters.
All her life Lucille engendered love and respect from everyone who knew her.
She was a truly loving and nonjudgmental person who saw the good in everything and everyone. Her gentle and loving spirit will be missed by all her family including her three sons and their wives, David and Natalya, Jim and Carson; and Chuck and Carol; by her grandchildren Cherise (Whitlock) and Donovan Lerew, Craig and Toni Whitlock, Cory and Carrie Whitlock, Callie (Whitlock) and Tom Schoenherr, Cami Whitlock, Kim (Whitlock) and Dave Cheshier, Sami (Whitlock) and Jason Webb, and her great-grandchildren, Jesse and Joshua Cheshier, Tyler and Tea' Whitlock, Abigail Webb, Chloe Lerew and Tori Schoenherr; by her sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and Rollie Hallinger, her sister Esther Noble, her brother and sisters in law, Ed and Doris Long and Georgia Whitlock. Her beloved husband, Russ, and her parents preceded her in death.
Don A. James
Don A. James, 79, of Lead passed away Sunday, June 11, 2006 at Custer Regional Senior Center in Custer, S.D.
Survivors include his wife Betty, children, Rodney James, Stanley James, Donna Whiton, Nancy Benfit, brother, Vernon James, sisters, Betty Ellis, Patti Carlson, Virginia Pasco, six grandchildren, one great-grandchild.
Arrangements are pending with the Lead-Deadwood Funeral Chapel and Aldinger Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Spearfish.
